Description:The first book to analyse how and why the Yugoslav State Security Service carried out multiple assassinations (and kidnappings) to ‘protect’ itself. Offering a complete history of the programme, from the inception of the State Security Service to the recent trials of individuals involved, it draws on Christian Axboe Nielsen’s unique wealth of experience and research as an academic and as an expert witness in criminal trials at the International Criminal Court.The result is a ground-breaking contribution to the history of targeted assassinations, communist history, state security services, international human rights law and war crimes tribunals.